We'll take you to Kauai to see where the Defense Department is testing the Ballistic Missile Defense Program, formerly known as SDI or STAR WARS. We'll visit one of the world's most powerful supercomputer centers on the island of Maui, and we'll go to the big island to find out why some high tech workers have given up on the mainland, and are now telecommuting from Hawaii.


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Keywords: Episode year: 2001; Military

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Reviewer: danwat1234 - - August 22, 2011
Subject: This part 4, not part 3
I know there is a separate listing for part 4 of High-tech Hawaii, but this video is part 4 as well. A duplicate. Part 3 of 4 is not on archive.org as far as I can tell.

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<p><a href="http://www.acq.osd.mil/te/pubfac/pmrf.html" ><b>PacificMissile Range Facility</b></a><br>The Pacific Missile Range Facility, (PMRF), is the world's largest instrumentedmulti-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air, andspace operations. A thousand square miles of instrumented underwater range andover 42,000 square miles of controlled airspace make PMRF a premier facility forsupporting operations which vary from small, single-unit exercises up to large,multiple-unit battle group scenarios.</p><p>The mission of the Pacific Missile Range Facility is to provide major rangeservices to facilitate training, tactics development, and evaluation for air,surface, and subsurface weapon systems for PACFLT, other DoD agencies, andforeign military forces; and to maintain and operate facilities and provideservices and materials to support operations of aviation activities and units ofthe operating force of the Navy, and other activities and units designated bythe Chief of Naval Operations.</p><a href="http://www.systems.textron.com" ><b>Textron Systems</b></a><br>Textron Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Textron, Inc., is a leadingsupplier of advanced systems, components, and materials for use in aerospace,defense, telecommunications, and industrial applications, as well as landvehicles and water craft for both military and commercial markets. Headquarteredin Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA, the company maintains United Statesfacilities in Massachusetts, Ohio, Louisiana, California and Hawaii as well asfacilities in the United Kingdom.<p>Founded in 1955, Textron Systems is dedicated to the research, design,development and production of sensor-based, autonomous, real-time controlsystems and components for use in aerospace, defense, telecommunications,agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and industrial markets worldwide. Operating fromthree main locations, Textron Systems provides a number of important productsand services to a variety of military forces, government agencies, andcommercial customers in more than 35 countries.</p><p><a href="http://www.mhpcc.edu"><b>Maui High Performance Computing Center</b></a><br>Founded in September 1993, Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) is oneof the world's largest IBM SP installations. Chartered to support a broad baseof users in the Department of Defense, government, commercial, and academiccommunities, MHPCC provides access to parallel computing hardware, advancedsoftware tools and applications, high bandwidth communications, and highperformance storage technologies. In addition, MHPCC offers a variety of supportservices from its expert staff, including application support, parallel codedevelopment, large system management, and training and education programs.<h3>Hi Tech Hawaii Telecommuters</h3><p>The Internet has changed the way people work enabling many of us totelecommute. Generally that means working at home in the suburbs few days aweek. But for some it means keeping your job in the crowded Silicon Valley butdoing your work here in paradise.</p><p>Gary Anderson works for Amdahl Computers in Sunnyvale, California, but helives here in a historic mansion in Hilo on the big island of Hawaii. He is theultimate telecommuter - working with virtual teams whose members telecommutefrom London, Arizona, Minnesota, and Colorado.<p>Govinda Leopold from FirstDomain Dot Net is from Germany. She saw a niche fora company that could register foreign language URL's for businesses that want tohave a more effective presence in foreign markets.<p>Gary Davis used to have to put up with winter storms in Terre Haute, Indiana,where he first formed his internet business - Redline Media. The company createsmultimedia projects for it's customers, including online games and liveinteractive coverage of sporting events. But Gary apparently had one winter toomany, and he now runs his business from the island of Kauai.</p><p>Of Course, some high tech businesses just make sense in Hawaii. DennisParton's company, Tectonics Maui, is one of them. Tectonics is the world leaderin the CAD/CAM design of fins for windsurfers.</p><p>Jerre Tanner doesn't make windsurfing fins, he makes music. He is a classicalcomposer, his works have been recorded by the London Symphony, the PragueChamber Orchestra, and many other world renowned ensembles. But Tanner doesn'tlive in the music meccas of Los Angelos or New York - He lives in an idylliccottage just off the beach in Kona.<p>Chelsea Hill was born in Canada. She studied language in France and Belgiumand New York. Then she decided to start a web based language translation servicecalled Origin. When she thought about where her company's headquarters ought tobe, she nixed Seattle and London, where they have offices. Instead, she setupshop in a remote part of Maui.